Reuters Twitter account hacked, false tweets about Syria sent

(Reuters)
- Reuters News said one of its Twitter accounts was hacked on Sunday
and false tweets were posted, mainly related to the current armed
struggle in Syria.

"Earlier today @ReutersTech was
hacked and changed to @ReutersME," said a spokesperson for Reuters,
which is owned by Thomson Reuters CorpTO>. "The account has been
suspended and is currently under investigation."

The
incident follows the company's disclosure that the blogging platform of
the Reuters News website was compromised on Friday and a false posting
purporting to carry an interview with a Syrian rebel leader was
illegally posted on a Reuters' journalist's blog.

In
the latest incident a series of 22 false tweets were sent purporting to
be from Reuters News. Some of the tweets also carried false reports
about Syrian rebel losses suffered in battles with Syrian government
forces.

Thomson Reuters had no immediate information on who was behind the hacking.